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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






2. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






3. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






4. Known for his glass sculpture






5. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






6. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






7. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






8. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






9. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






10. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






11. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






12. Application of potassium sulphide






13. Where the revolving door was fully developed






14. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






15. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






16. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






17. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






18. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






19. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






20. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






21. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






22. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






23. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






24. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






25. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






26. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






29. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






30. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






31. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






32. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






33. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






34. The amount of light reflected by a hue






35. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






36. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






37. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






38. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






39. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






40. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






41. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






42. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






43. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






44. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






45. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






46. Something that supports a sculpture






47. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






48. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






49. Creates blue dye






50. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another